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How to use F2 for Excel on iPad Pro M4 with latest Magic Keyboard
Hi Team. Appreciate your assistance with the following:- In Excel for Windows, whenever I want to edit a cell, I will press F2 on the keyboard and the cell will become editable. I want to do the sa...
Hi All. I went to the Apple store today to check on my issue. Initially they didn’t know either. But after doing some checks - they were able to find the solution - it’s Command + 2 (numeric key). It worked! So weird that it’s difference between Mac and Magic Keyboard. But happy nonetheless. Thank youLorenzo for trying to help - appreciate it.
Thanks but Control + U didn’t work on Excel for iPad Pro.
Notes on MSFT Keyboard shortcuts in Excel for macOS says The shortcuts in this topic refer to the US keyboard layout. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a US keyboard
Later on the same page the Control+U shortcut is documented:
Notes on MSFT Keyboard shortcuts in Excel for iOS says If you're familiar with keyboard shortcuts on your macOS computer, the same key combinations work with Excel for iOS using an external keyboard, too
So, in principal (expect if doc. error), Control+U should work if you use a US keyboard. But maybe you use a different keyboard layout (???)
Hello. Thanks for checking further. I checked my Magic Keyboard version - from General > Keyboards > Hardware Keyboards > shows English (US).
I checked Excel on my Mac - Control+U worked as you shared but the same is not working on the Magic Keyboard.
I checked to see if my Control key is working - Control+9 hides row in Excel - tried it and it worked. So no issues with Control.
Also tried the following:-
- Globe+U returns ‘u’
- Option+U returns ‘¨’
- Cmd+U underlines the text in the cell
Picture of my keyboard:-
Hi All. I went to the Apple store today to check on my issue. Initially they didn’t know either. But after doing some checks - they were able to find the solution - it’s Command + 2 (numeric key). It worked! So weird that it’s difference between Mac and Magic Keyboard. But happy nonetheless. Thank youLorenzo for trying to help - appreciate it.
You're welcome ivanovicch. Glad you have it working and Thanks for posting the solution
